In an extensive report that is now available in English the effects of the crisis are analysed. The decline in economic activity during the crisis was among the largest in the EU. Several years of unfavourable economic conditions have brought a significant deterioration in the situation on the labour market, which alongside the cuts in pensions and social transfers in 2012 has deepened the decline in disposable income seen in the last few years, and hence the material welfare of households.
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Three trade unions have stated the intention to organise a strike at Warsaw's Chopin International Airport on 7 May. The action follows an announcement that several hundred employees are due to be laid off as part of a restructuring programme. The unionists have slammed the fact that an agreement concerning job security is due to expire on 10 June.
English: http://redaktorext.polskieradio.pl/1/12/Artykul/166876,Trade-unions-threaten ...
The social partners in the banking sector, with a workforce of 80,000 workers, could come to an agreement after 4 rounds of negotiations. A wage increase was agreed of 1.93% plus a nominal 6 euro. This brings the increase for workers at the lowest pay level to 2.17%. Apprentice pay is raised by 2.3%. The agreement has is valid for 12 months, starting 1-4-2014.
German: http://www.oegb.at/cms/S06 ...
The Swedish-owned clothing retail chain has announced that it will introduce a minimum wage on January 1st 2015. H&M said a fair and proper wage policy allows it to attract the best employees. The hourly minimum translates to a monthly wage of around 4,100 francs (3,360 euro) for a 42-hour week. The planned wage is close to the minimum of 20 francs an hour proposed in an initiative to be decided by Swiss citizens in a May 18th referendum.
English: http://www.thelocal.ch/20140331/hm-plans-hefty-swiss-minimum-wage
Soon after the adoption of Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 on freedom of association and collective bargaining, the ILO concluded that the principle of freedom of association needed a supervisory procedure to ensure compliance with it in countries. The created Committee on freedom of association dealt with the Fiat-dispute in its March 2014 meeting (see earlier issues of this Newsletter). In the published proceedings the committee asks the government to act quickly in the case, to bring together the parties concerned, to insure the deductions of membership fees, to watch over the reinstatement of the union FIOM-CGIL delegates and to take all other necessary measures.
English: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public ...
The OECD report Society at a Glance 2014 takes stock of available information about the social challenges emerging since the beginning of the economic crisis, and countries' policy responses to meet those challenges. Before the onset of the financial and economic crisis in 2007-08, social spending across the OECD area accounted for about half of all government outlays. But while there are big demands on social protection systems during all phases of the economic cycle, the need for social support measures is especially acute during deep and extended economic downturns. The report signals that of all the economic losses, the income drops suffered by workers have turned out to be the most difficult to reverse. In most countries, the recovery has not yet translated into significant improvements in labour market conditions. Employment and wages have continued to fall.
English: http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/OECD2014-SocietyAtAGlance2014.pdf
Hundreds of workers at online retailer Amazon went on strike, a new stoppage in a pay dispute that has dragged on for months. Trade union Ver.di stated that about 500 of around 1,200 workers at Amazon's distribution centre in Leipzig were expected to strike. Ver.di wants Amazon to raise pay for workers at its distribution centres in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement for the mail order and retail industry. Amazon has rejected this demand, arguing that it regards warehouse staff as logistics workers.
English: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-amazon-strikes ...
As mass redundancies loom the trade unions have announced a strike for 7 May. The action follows an announcement that several hundred employees are due to be laid off as part of a restructuring programme. The unionists have slammed the fact that an agreement concerning job security is due to expire on 10 June.
English: http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/166876,Trade-unions-threaten-strike ...
A Eurostat survey reveals that the country's average hourly labour costs are just over €40 per hour, high enough to land the country at the top of the EU28 charts. Eurostat looked at the average hourly labour costs of companies with ten or more employees across the whole European economy, excluding agriculture and public administration. It found the average cost to be €23.7 in the EU28, a rise of 10.2% since 2008. It also noted that the differences were significant across the continent.
English: http://www.thelocal.se/20140331/sweden-tops-eus-hourly-labour-costs
The trade unions announced that 9,000 industrial workers, including some at key oil services companies, could go on strike on April 2 if government mediation over wages and pensions fails. Initial mediation has broken down and the parties have started forced mediation in the first set of major wage talks that will later be followed by oil workers and public sector employees. Trade unions and employers hold wage negotiations every second year and oil workers went on a two week strike in 2012, shutting part of the country's vital offshore sector until the government broke up the dispute.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/28/norway-strike ...